MCLAUGHLIN NBC NEWS BREAKING NEWS AT SIX O’CLOCK THE UNITED STATES NOW DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE CORONA VIRUS WHAT NEW RESTRICTIONS KICK IN THIS WEEKEND AND WHAT ELSE A LOCAL CONGRESSMAN WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO DO TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM THIS DEADLY VIRUS PLUS A VOTE TO ALLOW WITNESSES IN THE PRESIDENT’S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FAILS IN THE SENATE WHEN SENATORS COULD VOTE ON AN ULTIMATE VERDICT. WE’LL GET TO ALL THAT BREAKING NEWS IN JUST A MINUTE BUT STARTING OFF AT SIX O’CLOCK WITH THE WEATHER AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE THE FIRST THE NEW YEAR FELL QUITE A FEW PARTS OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TODAY. THIS IS FOOTAGE FROM DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT SNOW DIDN’T STICK IN JUST ABOUT EVERY SPOT BUT IT SURE LOOKED PRETTY COMING DOWN A LOT OF YOU SENT IN SOME VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ENJOYING IT. THIS COMES FROM A VIEWER IN KING THE FLURRY STOPPED A SHORT TIME AGO. LET’S GO TO METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE KENNEDY RIGHT NOW MICHELLE. LOTS OF PEOPLE WONDERING IS THIS IT FOR THE SNOW FOR THIS WEEKEND? YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S IT UNFORTUNATELY FOR MOST FOLKS IN THE MOUNTAINS. YOU MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER HINT OF IT AS WE GO INTO LATE SATURDAY EVENING. WE’RE LOOKING THIS VIEW FROM DOBSON UP IN SURRY COUNTY TO YEAH, THIS IS FROM AUSTIN CAVINESS. YOU KNOW, HE’S BEEN PRAYING FOR THE SNOW AND IT’S FINALLY AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT A HINT OF WINTER FOR US THIS ONE FROM AMY ANDERSON THE BRUSHY MOUNTAIN ROAD ARE IN WILKES COUNTY. IT WAS COMING DOWN AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP ENOUGH TO TOTAL UP ON THE GRASSY SURFACES. MOST OF THAT IS BEGINNING TO MELT THOUGH AND MANY LOCATIONS FROM GALAX AS WE GO EAST, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE HOLDING STEADY AT ABOUT 32 NORTH WILKESBORO. SO WE DO WANT YOU TO BE CAREFUL SOME SLICK SPOTS OUT THERE MOST FOLKS. SO HAVE SEEN THE RAIN RAIN TO THE EAST TODAY, GREENSBORO HIGH FOLKS EAST OUT FROM COLFAX AND UP THROUGH BURLINGTON. YANCEYVILLE HAVE MISSED OUT ON MOST OF THE SNOW YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT MIXING INTO MAYODAN EATING AREA REIDSVILLE THOUGH ON THAT BORDER RIGHT NOW AS WE’RE SEEING THOSE TEMPERATURES HOVER CLOSE TO 35 THEIR 34 WINSTON-SALEM AND MOST FOLKS HAVE SEEN THE SNOW SHOWERS SHUTTING DOWN. SO WE’RE BEGINNING TO DRY OUT. WE DO HAVE A HIGH RISK OF SEEING THOSE WET ROADS. SO THIS COULD CREATE SLICK CONDITIONS. THIS SLIPPERY SPOTS COULD REALLY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS WE HOVER CLOSE TO FREEZING AND SOME OF THOSE SURFACES AS YOU YOU KNOW, TEND TO FREEZE UP MORE QUICKLY. BECAUSE MORE AIR CAN GET TO THEM IF THEY’RE HIGHER BRIDGES OVERPASSES MORERES EXPOSED IN THOSE LOCATIONS AND YOUR LOOK AT IT DENSE FOG. THAT’S ANOTHER CONCERN WE HAVE WITH LOW CHANCE OF SNOW REALLY ACCUMULATING FOR US. SO THOSE SNOW LOVERS THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO HEADWAY FAR TO THE NORTH AS WE GO UP INTO NEW ENGLAND AREA TO SEE MUCH MEASURABLE SNOW OR AT LEAST OVER THE NEXT WEEK. LOOKS LIKE OUR VISIBILITIES ARE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE GOING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS START TO DROP OFF EVEN MORE AND SOME SOME VISIBILITIES MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO THROUGH UNTIL ABOUT 10:30. WE DON’T SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF IMPROVEMENT SO WE COULD ALSO SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN TOMORROW BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND WILL TALK ABOUT THE RAIN RIGHT NOW. GOT A NICE STEADY CLIP OF NORTHEASTERLY. CHILLY BREEZES WILL TALK ABOUT THE DRYING IN THE 60S ON THE WAY. MICHELLE THANK YOU NOW BACK TO THAT VOTE IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL OF HOPE TO CALL WITNESSES IN THE PRESIDENT’S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL HAS JUST FAILED IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE SENATORS VOTED ON NEAR PARTY LINES 51 TO 49 SENATORS ARE EXPECTED TO ACQUIT THE PRESIDENT, BUT THEY CONSIDERED PUSHING OFF FINAL VOTING OF HIS FATE UNTIL NEXT WEEK COMING UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS FULL ANALYSIS OF THIS VOTE AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL SURE APPEARS. THAT IT IS ABOUT TO WRAP UP BREAKING HEALTH NEWS. NOW. THE UNITED STATES IS DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS. THIS MEANS FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO COULD BE AT RISK OF TRANSMITTING. THE VIRUS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICANS RETURNING FROM THE AREA OF CHINA WHERE THIS VIRUS IS SPREADING. WE’LL HAVE TO BE IN QUARANTINE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS. THESE NEW RESTRICTIONS WILL KICK IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS CORONA VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS PARTS OF CHINA CONGRESSMAN TED BUD IS CALLING FOR A FULL TRAVEL BAN TO THAT COUNTRY. MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE ARE SICK MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE CORONA VIRUS. THE US STATE DEPARTMENT IS URGING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL TO CHINA UNLESS THEY HAVE TO BUT CONGRESSMAN BUD SAYS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE THAT ONE STEP FARTHER AND ISSUE A FULL TRAVEL BAN UNTIL THIS VIRUS IS CONTAINED. THERE ARE SIX CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONA VIRUS IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. THE CASES ARE IN WASHINGTON STATE, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND ILLINOIS ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TRAVELED TO WUHAN CHINA EXCEPT FO IN ILLINOIS DOCTORS SAY HIS WIFE. CAUGHT THE VIRUS IN CHINA THEN GAVE IT TO HIM AFTER SHE GOT BACK. THE CDC SAYS THE RISK OF GETTING CORONA VIRUS IN THE UNITED STATES REMAINS LOW BACK TO OURPW DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM IS ABOUT TO GET QUITE A BIT EASIER SNOW OR NO SNOW SALEM PARKWAY IS ABOUT TO OPEN UP SEVERAL MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. LET’S GO TO STEVE KING. HE IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH THE BIG FROM TODAY STEVE. KENNY WILL THE MARSHAL STREET CHERRY STREET AND BROOKS DOWN AVENUE. JUDGES ARE BACK OPEN TONIGHT. THE D-O-T LEADERS SAY THAT IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING DEVELOPMENT TO BE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT THIS WEEKEND WE PLAN TO OPEN THE NEW SALEM PARKWAY NEARLY SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BUSINESS 40 BETWEEN PETERS CREEK PARKWAY AND U.S. 52 CLOSED 15 MONTHS AGO AND BY MONDAY MORNING DOTTIE LEADERS EXPECT IT TO BE OPEN WITH THE NEW NAME. LITTLE PARKWAY ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS. I CAN’T SAY HOW MOORE DELIGHTED I AM THAN TO BE A PART OF THIS TODAY AS WE REOPEN SALEM PARKWAY. SALEM PARKWAY IS DESIGNED TO BE SAFER AND MORE MODERN THAN THE FORMER ONE POINT TWO MILE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE TRAVELING SALEM PARKWAY AND SEE BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM BRICKWORK AND IRON FENCING AND JUST IT’S GOING TO BE A SHOWPIECE AND SALEM PARKWAY WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO OPEN IN AUGUST, BUT THE D-O-T SPENT UP TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEED UP THAT TIMETABLE THOUGH THE EXACT AMOUNT OF INCENTIVES HAS NOT BEEN CALCULATED. OBVIOUSLY DOT E IS WELL AWARE OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS QUARTER IS TO CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN. SO WE WERE OBVIOUSLY WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD TO GET THIS ROAD OPEN JUST AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD THEY WORKED WHEN IT SNOWED THEY WORKED WHEN IT RAINED THEY WORKED WHEN HE WAS A HUNDRED DEGREES. I MEAN A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE PULLED BACK, BUT THESE GUYS WERE FULL FORCE FROM THE GET-GO. SO THAT REALLY HELPED WITH THE SCHEDULE AND NOW WITH EASIER DOWNTOWN ACCESS DRIVERS COMING OFF OF I-40. BUSINESS LEADERS EXPECT GREAT THINGS MOVING FORWARD SO I THINK THERE’S DEFINITELY GONNA BE AN UPTICK GET YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE NOW GOING TO SAY I’M GOING TO COME IN AND WINSTON-SALEM AND CHECK IT OUT. SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED. NOW WHILE DOT LEADERS ARE HOPING FOR A SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING OPENING OF SALEM PARKWAY. THEY SAY THE WEATHER THAT WE SAW TODAY COULD PUSH THAT TIME BACK TO MONDAY MORNING NOW AFTER THE OPENING THERE WILL BE PERIODIC LANE CLOSURES MOVING FORWARD MOSTLY AT NIGHT AS CREWS WORK TO FINISH THE PROJECT COMPLETELY REPORTING LIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM STEVE KING WXII 12 NEWS. THANK YOU, STEVE AND TOMORROW YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK. ON THE NEW SALEM PARKWAY BEFORE IT OPENS UP TO CARS AND TRUCKS JUST CROSS YOUR FINGERS THAT THE WEATHER PLAYS NICE WINSTON-SALEM - IS HOSTING A POP-UP PARTY TOMORROW FROM NOON UNTIL 2:00 AT BB&T BALLPARK DOWNTOWN. THERE’S GOING TO BE MUSIC DISCOUNTED FOOD AND ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS YOU DO NEED TO REGISTER FOR THE - THE SALEM PARKWAY EVENT. THE NUMBER TO CAL